Daily News Roundup: U. of Louisville Foundation Halts Controversial Compensation Plan

University of Louisville Foundation Ends Heavily Criticized Pay Plan and Lowers Spending: The foundation will no longer spend $20 million to provide deferred compensation to top university administrators after the pay arrangement was roundly criticized, reports the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting. The move is one of a series of efforts that will cut $30 million in foundation spending on academic and student programs next year.

Tech Platform Becoming Backbone of “Resistance” Movement: Action Network, a tech platform that allows users to send mass emails and petitions and plan events, has become the favored tool of the anti-Trump movement, according to Fast Company. Organizers of local women’s marches and Indivisible groups are using the free platform to record data on participants and plan further actions.

ACLU Moves Beyond Courtroom to Help Grass-Roots Groups Organize: Through the American Civil Liberty Union’s “Power People” platform, users can plan protests and rallies, including plotting their actions on a public map. The platform has already been used to organize a rally protesting a visit by Donald Trump to Nashville. Read a Chronicle article about how the ACLU has capitalized on fundraising since Mr. Trump’s election.

Profile Shows How a Con Artist Defrauded Donors of $100 Million: The Washingtonian magazine describes how Bobby Charles Thompson — born John Donald Cody — started the United States Navy Veterans Association — a fake charity that raised more than $100 million from donors. Mr. Thompson appears to have invented names for people listed as directors, officials, and auditors on the group’s Internal Revenue Service forms.